Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on April - 15.  

1220  On this day in history adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1415  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on this day in history.  

1472  On April - 15 leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68  

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on April - 15.  

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on April - 15.  

1607  Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 on this day in history.  

1610  On this day in history johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62  

1621  On April - 15 death of john Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony  

1632  On this day in history death of george Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)  

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1641  On April - 15 death of domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581)  

1652  Death of Patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church on this day in history.  

1659  Simon Dach, German poet, dies on this day in history.  

1719  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76 on April - 15.  

1754  Death of Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676) on April - 15.  

1756  On April - 15 johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29  

1761  On April - 15 death of archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)  

1764  On this day in history jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies  

1765  On this day in history michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53  

1788  On April - 15 giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77  

1793  On this day in history death of ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718)  

1804  On April - 15 death of charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761)  

1811  On this day in history ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70  

1824  On April - 15 theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61  

1853  On April - 15 johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67  

1854  Death of Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773) on April - 15.  

1863  On April - 15 jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90  

1866  William Jackson, composer, dies at 51 on April - 15.  

1888  Matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1889  Death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) on this day in history.  

1891  On this day in history stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49  

1898  On this day in history death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader  

1911  Georg Knorr, German engineer, dies on April - 15.  

1912  Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on April - 15.  

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1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on this day in history.  

1469  On April - 15 birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs  

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on April - 15.  

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.  

1588  On this day in history birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist  

1637  On April - 15 birth of valentin Molitor, composer  

1641  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on April - 15.  

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.